Once Upon a Time in Cabramatta (2012)

GenredocumentaryNumber of episodes3Latest available episode
Season 1 Episode 3 - Episode 3Cast and crewThanh Hoang, Andy Trieu, Meredith Garlick, Nikki Stevens, Christopher Elves, Sam Wilson, John J. Godfrey, Craig Graham, Hien Le, Tony Hoang, Craig Graham, Justin Hanrahan, Stephanie Walsh, Sue Clothier, Bernadine Lim, Jacob Hickey, Maria Tran, Joe Le, Sam Wilson, Tim Pass, Show AllFull description
"Once Upon a Time in Cabramatta" is the untold story of how the Vietnamese community overcame the odds and found their place in multicultural Australia. The story begins with the landmark decision of Prime Minister Fraser to open Australia's doors to thousands of refugees at the end of the Vietnam War. It is a moment in history that finally buries the infamous White Australia Policy and transforms a nation. The years that follow are as dramatic as they are turbulent - a people struggling to find their place in a foreign land. In this one tiny Sydney suburb, the 80s and 90s see the arrival of street gangs, a heroin epidemic and the first political assassination in Australia's history. The Vietnamese people are vilified and demonised. Cabramatta it seems represents all that is wrong with Asian immigration. What's more the community exist against a political backdrop that is fractured, the universal support for multiculturalism a distant memory. But as the century draws to a close there ... Written by
Once Upon a Time Productions

SEASONS

As thousands of refugees pour into the Sydney suburb of Cabramatta the first Vietnamese community in Australia is born. But it's not long before problems arise. The family structure so important in Vietnamese culture has been obliterated by the War. The security of this life gone, young refugees find a sense of belonging through criminal gangs. A lost generation is born onto the streets of Cabramatta.